I'm not worried about AI taking my job. Guests and clients still want a real person to make them feel special. The author, posing with empanadas he made for an event he hosted, said that AI doesn't have the human touch his job requires. Courtesy of Emillio Mesa. I've worked in the hospitality industry for more than 20 years. Empathy is at the center of what I do, so I'm not worried about AI taking my job away. Technology and people can work well together, but one cannot always replace the other. Right after college , I was like most graduates — broke and desperate for money. In the early aughts, there was no social media, no algorithms, and certainly no online job postings like there are today. The only way to get leads was through newspaper ads or those physical job boards at career fairs and public places. To get noticed, I printed out a stack of resumes, made a list of the companies I wanted to work for, put on my best professional outfit, and dropped a copy off — in person.…